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Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com.

Our culture

Being one of the leaders in biopharma space comes with a huge deal of responsibility towards our patients and employees, Our Principles are embedded in our company culture that has been recognized by our employees through Great Places to Work certification, awarded to AbbVie in 2022.

Your team

You will become a part of an international EMEA HR team, that is supporting AbbVie’s 15.000 employees in the region in following areas: Benefits, Compensation, Employee Data Management, Payroll, Performance Management and Time & Absence. Being part of EMEA HR Team, the Payroll department covers 49 countries in the region.

Job Description

As a Payroll Specialist you will be responsible for payroll transactions for Ireland predominantly, supporting pre-payroll activities. You will also be reviewing and verifying files generated internally or by global payroll vendors (GPV), enforcing key payroll deadlines, as well as answering employee/manager queries. In this role, you will also have the opportunity to participate in regional projects or initiatives across the EMEA countries.

In addition, you will also cover the following:

• Partnering with internal stakeholders and with Global Payroll Vendor (GPV) to process payroll and resolve payroll transactions that are in error.

• Review and validate payroll files (eg. Payroll Reconciliation File, Bank File) and reports generated internally or by the GPV and approve for processing.

• Support pre-payroll activities (eg. finalize data entry, review master data file quality, and confirm time/payroll data completeness).

• Assist in resolving input errors (and other errors) from the third party vendors or internal AbbVie stakeholders.

• Support Year-End Payroll processing activities (eg. develop and provide payroll calendar).

• Assist in resolving Bank Errors (with AbbVie Treasury’s support).

• Respond to internal Abbvie stakeholders (Tax, Treasury, Finance and Payroll Administrators) with regard to questions or issues they have raised with regard to payroll data and/or payroll reports.

• Answer employee/manager queries or assist GPV with other queries it cannot resolve.

• Support role for global, regional and country specific projects.

• Some travel may be required

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Finance / Accounting.

• 3 years of payroll operational experience.

• Certified Payroll Professional (IPASS) or equivalent as plus.

• Working knowledge of Workday and experience integrating with 3rd party applications.

• Strong customer orientation and a work ethic based on a strong desire to exceed expectations.

• Strong written and oral communication skills, in English

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment, as well as to get results through collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external.

• Good analytical and process diagnostic skills and the ability to get into the details, while also seeing and understanding the big picture. Strong spreadsheet and database skills. Continuous improvement orientation.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and requests.

We offer:

• Chance to become a part of dynamically growing biopharmaceutical company.

• Friendly organizational culture.

• Hybrid working model.

• Flexible working hours and additional days off (Abbvie Days)

• Attractive annual bonus

• Training opportunities and professional development.

• Extensive benefits package (Multisport, Medicover , life insurance, PPK, commuting allowance, lunch card, bonus for referring new employees)

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Company Social Benefits Fund (co-funding of cultural, educational and leisure activities, rehabilitation classes or psychological consultations for employees and their family).

• Charity initiatives incl. Week of possibilities - days of employee volunteering

• Wellness initiatives – global events promoting work-life balance, physical and mental well-being.

Additional Information

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.